According to Anna Freud, Vaillant, and others, a defense mechanism is mature if it:
A)accepts instinctual energies and channels them into socially acceptable outlets.
B)casts disturbing aspects of the self away and therefore reduces anxiety.
C)recognizes reality and all the disturbing aspects of the self.
D)successfully distorts reality.

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Mature defense mechanisms, according to Anna Freud, Vaillant, and others, involve the acceptance of instinctual energies and their channeling into socially acceptable outlets, rather than denying or distorting reality.

According to Anna Freud, Vaillant, and Others, a Defense Mechanism